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The Banks–Vernonia State Trail was the first linear rail trail state park in Oregon. [4] The Portland, Astoria & Pacific Railroad built the original rail line in 1913 to transport timber, freight, and passengers. [2] In the 1920s, trains on the line hauled logs and lumber from Keasey and the Oregon-American mill in Vernonia to Portland.
Located four miles (6 km) north of U.S. Route 26 and 11 miles (18 km) south of Vernonia on the east side of Oregon Route 47, Stub Stewart sits primarily on former timber land along the Banks–Vernonia State Trail. [4] Natural features include a hill that rises from an elevation of 730 feet (220 m) to the 1,250-foot (380 m) level. [9]
Map of the USA showing borders of states and counties. Adapted by Wapcaplet from a public-domain map courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau website. Date: 25 September 2006: Source: en:File:Map of USA with county outlines.png: Author
The Banks–Vernonia State Trail, a rails-to-trails conversion featuring a 21-mile (34 km) raised path for bicyclists, pedestrians, and horseback riders, roughly parallels Route 47 to the south of Vernonia. The Crown Zellerbach trail is a conversion of old logging roads (themselves a conversion from old railroad way) to a trail for mountain ...
Banks is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, which is located in the Tualatin Valley. It is the southern anchor to the Banks–Vernonia State Trail , which is a 21-mile-long (34 km) linear trail popular with bicyclists, hikers, and equestrians.
Trail maps are produced in a variety of scales, sizes, formats, and media, depending on the audience and purpose of the map.Some trail maps have been extensively edited for content giving detail about nearby features, places of interest, or interesting facts, while some maps may only give minimal information of the trail.
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